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US radio host Alan Jones ended up front row and centre in a cringe-worthy error live radio gaffe.

It was as awkward as it gets.

The veteran broadcaster was left a little red in the face after he incorrectly awarded a caller a $2,000 (£1,500) cash prize – and then took it right back.

The 77-year-old American host stumbled through his sentence when he realised his mistake,

He stuttered: ‘Oh… I’m sorry. I’ve stuffed up!’ before sheepishly explaining to the listener that she would not be getting the cash.

We would hate to be that unlucky listener. Imagine feeling like you’ve won a large amount of money only for it to be taken away from you within seconds.

Alan Jones hosts the Alan Jones show (Picture: AAP)

But it seems Alan isn’t the only to be blamed, the listener had her own part to play here.

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To win the money, callers have to answer the phone with the greeting ‘2GB For Me’ or ‘4BC For Me’ within five rings.

Joanna, from Maryland, USA, answered her call with a standard ‘hello’, meaning that she missed out on the prize.

But Alan was so excited that he missed her mistake and offered her the cash right of the bat.

‘Is that Joanna? Joanna from Blakehurst? You’ve won two thousand bucks!’ he yelled.

Awkward, much.

Nearly swearing, he quickly backtracked saying: ‘’Oh shh.. I’m sorry. You actually didn’t. Did I get it wrong? I got in early. I’ve stuffed up!’

Alan ended up offering to pay Joanna with his own money (Picture: Getty Images)

‘They’re all frowning at me now saying, “You can’t do this”. Joanna, you were supposed to say “2GB For Me”,’ he said referring to what we can only assume are his producers and bosses.

He tried to lick Joanna’s wounds but it didn’t work when he declared that he still wants to give Joanna the money but his fellow broadcaster Ross Greenwood explained, however, that they could not give her the money.

But Alan ended up being a good Samaritan as he offered to give away some of his own money.

Determined, Alan later called up his old friend Ray Hadley, and the pair decided to make things right by giving their own money to Joanna.

‘You and I are going to put in, this is nothing to do with the competition,’ Ray said.

What a champ.

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